Book Quote by Judy Garland

I think writing books is a way for me to work out certain issues. I write about what matters to me, always.

— Benjamin Alire Saenz

I don't write because I think I have anything particularly interesting to say. I write because I love writing more than any other work…

— Stefan Merrill Block

I've come to think of myself as a writer of books.

— Richard Hell

My books don't seem to belong to me after I have once written them; and I find myself delivering opinions about them as if…

— George Eliot

I don't think I've had a very interesting life, and I feel that is a great liberation. That gives me great freedom as a…

— John Irving

I guess that my opinion of writing about real people is informed by defenses of Joyce Maynard's memoir, that the experiences were a part…

— Marie Calloway

A lot of people think the best work I've done was nonfiction - the 'Brothers and Keepers' book. But I think of myself as…

— John Edgar Wideman

People who think my books are autobiographical, which they're not, credit me with having a much better memory than I do. I do, however,…

— Curtis Sittenfeld

I became a writer because I love books, and I believe in their power.

— Deb Caletti

I am very privileged and honored when someone chooses to read a book, especially a book of mine.

— Lurlene McDaniel

Other people are talking about writing books about my life, or about some of the things I've done. I find it strange, but I…

— Chris Kyle

If I am going to write a book, which I have done, I think we have to get it right - whatever has been…

— Sven-Goran Eriksson